Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-03-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Directors of the Western Union
Telegraph Company while reporting balance
of 81. 77S, $40, decided to declare no dividend,
but to issue stock to the amount of 81, 2OO, 900
to redeem scrip.
The following sensational story about
the future King of England is telegraphed
from Ottawa, Canada:
On the arrival of the Prince of Wales in Can
ada early in the COS, while visiting Montreal he
met and became enamored Of young lady
of Mount Royal At every place the Prince
was invited the young lady would also
be found, and toward the close of his
highness' stay in this country rumor coupled
their names together in way which BODIED
no good to the young lady week
rolled by, and then his highness was about to
sail, when he was informed that he must mako
some provision for her. This he did for the
time being, and left for home. few months
passed and a little boy came upon the scene,
and the mother determined to go to England
and seek reparation. settlement was made
whereby the sum OF $4,000 was to be yearly
paid to the lady for her support, and upon the
majority of the child the further sum of S25,-
600 was to be set aside for his sole benefit and
use Two years ago the boy came OF age, but
the payment Of the $4,000 was not made. Suit
to recover it has just been entered in the
English court against His Royal Highness. The
writ is returnable in May.
James b. Eads, the constructor Of
the St Louis bridge and the Mississippi jet
ties, died at Nassau, in the Bahama Islands,
in his sixty seventh year. From biograph-
ical sketch before us we learn that
Mr.. Eads was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind,
May 70, 1920. aud his early education was ac-
quiTed in the schools of Louisville and Cincin-
natl. Before he had succeeded in mastering the
rudiments, however, his father experienced re-
verses which necessitated the boys withdrawal
N N W IA
very early age he developed a taste for
mechanics and fondness for experiment.
ing with machinery which Afterwards became
the ruling passion OF his life. In Septem-
Der, 1883. when only Is years old, he arrived in
st Louis. The steamboat on which his father
with his family had embarked to seek a home
| farther West had burned, and the family was
destitute. Young Eads sold apples on tho
streets to contribute something to the support
| OF himself. In 1912 no entered into partnership
| with Case & Nelson, boatbuilders, for the pur-
pose OF recovering steamboats, and cargoes
| which had been wrecked, and the firm pros
pered amazingly In 1906 he submitted 70
Congress q proposition to keep the Western
rivers open for term OF years by removing
| all distractions and keeping tho channels
free The bill embOSyins his Rs rGPS.SdI
| in the Senate. He retired from active busi-
ness in 1857 on account OF ill-health. During
tho war Mr.. Eads received the contract for
| building the first seven vessels OF the Missis-
| sppi gunboat iotilla. From the close of the
war to the time OF construction OF the great st.
| Louis bridge Mr.. Eads was engaged IN no great
public works. Upon that bridge his fame as
| an engineer was firmly established. The bridge
| project was first conceived in 1883. Various
| sites were selected for the bridge, and the prof.
| ect met with varying fortunes until Mr.. lads
/ began to take an active interest in IL
/ in 1867 In that year he was elected Engineer
/ in-chief OF the company then formed. He at
/ once secured the services OF Colonel Henry Flad
| and proceeded to develop plans which were
subsequently followed when bridge was con-
| structed. It was completed and opened in 1874.
| In 1875 Mr.. Eads began the construction Of a
system Of jettes for Increasing the depth OF the
| water at the mouth OF the Mississippi under
/ contract with the Government. His plans when
| proposed were secuted at first by prominent
| engineers, but proved emnently successful.
His last great project was the Tehuantepec
Ship Canal